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Synopsis:

For her last summer before college, Claudine Henry and her mother head to a remote island off the Georgia coast. There, amidst the wild beauty of the place, she meets the free spirited Jeremiah Crew. Their chemistry is immediate and irresistible, and even though they both know that whatever they have can only last the summer, maybe one summer is enough . . .For her last summer before college, Claudine Henry and her mother head to a remote island off the Georgia coast. There, amidst the wild beauty of the place, she meets the free spirited Jeremiah Crew. Their chemistry is immediate and irresistible, and even though they both know that whatever they have can only last the summer, maybe one summer is enough …

Review:

After reading All the Bright Places I knew that Breathless would be just as amazing!

Whilst Breathless doesn’t have the emotional pull that All the Bright Paces does, it is still a wonderful story that anyone will enjoy.

Claude lives with her divorced mum who decided that they a summer vacation and head to a remote island. You read the heartache and the raw emotion around Claude’s broken life, with the loss of friends, the struggle to fit in and now this remote island that doesn’t have any wifi. Whilst on the secluded island, Claude comes across Jeremiah and that’s where the love aspect of the book comes to play.

Niven perfectly captures that teenager attitude with the roughness of life. I have to admit that all the characters were really likeable, but I felt that there could have been more to Jeremiah, it was as though we only got a snippet of his character.

Overall, it was a cute romcom contemporary that is a light-hearted yet raw read.

Rating: 3.5/5

Publisher: Penguin Random House

ISBN: 9780241371923